ETG API V3
Glossary

Glossary

API Key token

Is an alphanumeric value generated by the ETG and assigned to a partner contract.

Partner contract type

The ETG Partner Program offers the following API contract types:

For more details on both types, contact your account manager.

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You can use one API key type for only one type of API partner contract.

Email address

The email address of the person responsible for your client support and API integration.

Make sure that an email address is specified in:

  • The Contacts section.
  • The contact type properties named Technical questions and API.

Order group

An order group is an entity that represents an invoice in your account.

The scenario of using an order group:

  1. You group orders into an invoice in your account by yourself.
  2. You pay the invoice in one payment.

Supplier types

Direct chains

An association of several hotels operating as a collective business under a unified management. There can be a direct connection that allows the ETG to access its entire portfolio of hotels directly.

Direct extranet

Hotels that have direct contracts with the ETG.

Online Travel Agency

OTA, B2C platforms, and websites where customers can book hotels online.

Wholesaler

Players that primarily have direct contracts with hotels worldwide which:

  • Have their contract teams that resell their rates to B2B or B2B/B2C partners.
  • Don’t have their own B2C websites.
  • Work with partners who can either list the inventory on their services or further resell it.

Destination Management Company

DMC, local players who sign direct contracts with hotels, but in a specific country. They have strong relationships with hotels in these countries. The countries allow them to obtain competitive prices, better than from large Wholesalers or OTAs.

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Or BedBanks 2.0.

These suppliers function as platforms that directly connect with hotels.

Global Distribution System

GDS, a technical platform that delivers published rates from a hotel Central Reservation System (CRS) to the end user.

Consolidator

Companies engaged in wholesale purchasing for subsequent resale to B2B and B2C clients.

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